Throwback Thursday [3]

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Throwback Thursday is a post
where I feature a book that I either read years ago, or was published
years ago in hopes of getting more readers to pick it up. I think that
there are many different books out there, and some of them get forgotten
after years of being on the shelves and I want to make them new and
exciting again!

This week I am featuring:

JULIET

Twenty-five-year-old
Julie Jacobs is heartbroken over the death of her beloved Aunt Rose. But
the shock goes even deeper when she learns that the woman who has been
like a mother to her has left her entire estate to Julie’s twin sister.
The only thing Julie receives is a key—one carried by her mother on the
day she herself died—to a safety-deposit box in Siena, Italy.This
key sends Julie on a journey that will change her life forever—a
journey into the troubled past of her ancestor Giulietta Tolomei. In
1340, still reeling from the slaughter of her parents, Giulietta was
smuggled into Siena, where she met a young man named Romeo. Their
ill-fated love turned medieval Siena upside-down and went on to inspire
generations of poets and artists, the story reaching its pinnacle in
Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.But six centuries have a way of
catching up to the present, and Julie gradually begins to discover that
here, in this ancient city, the past and present are hard to tell apart.
The deeper she delves into the history of Romeo and Giulietta, and the
closer she gets to the treasure they allegedly left behind, the greater
the danger surrounding her—superstitions, ancient hostilities, and
personal vendettas. As Julie crosses paths with the descendants of the
families involved in the unforgettable blood feud, she begins to fear
that the notorious curse—“A plague on both your houses!”—is still at
work, and that she is destined to be its next target. Only someone like
Romeo, it seems, could save her from this dreaded fate, but his story
ended long ago. Or did it?From Anne Fortier comes a sweeping,
beautifully written novel of intrigue and identity, of love and legacy,
as a young woman discovers that her own fate is irrevocably tied—for
better or worse—to literature’s greatest star-crossed lovers.

This book is one of my favourites in historical fiction! Any book that you read back in the day that you want to showcase? link up below!